House Model
100 BCE–200 CE
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
H. 12 × W. 10 × D. 6 3/4 in. (30.5 × 25.4 × 17.1 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Sculpture
Culture
Nayarit
Department
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Joanne P. Pearson, in memory of Andrall E. Pearson, 2015
Accession Number
2015.306
Rights
Public Domain
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About the Artist
Nayarit artist(s)
**Nayarit artist(s)** were anonymous creators working in the ancient ceramic traditions of West Mexico, particularly in the modern state of Nayarit. Active primarily during the Late Formative to Early Classic periods (roughly 300 BCE–400 CE), these artisans produced hollow ceramic figures and narrative models as funerary offerings placed in shaft-and-chamber tombs. Their works form one of the most...